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Carpenter, Thomas P.; And Others – 1994
In this paper four programs are described in which children learn multidigit number concepts and operations with understanding: (1) the Supporting Ten-Structured Thinking projects, (2) the Conceptually Based Instruction project, (3) Cognitively Guided Instruction projects, and (4) the Problem Centered Mathematics Project. The diversity in these…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Demonstration Programs, Mathematics Instruction
Adams, William H.; Bielicki, Raymond J. – 1981
The paper describes Project ADVANCE, a Behavior Management System which addressed the behavioral adjustment, academic performance, and vocational development needs of 44 emotionally disturbed students (between the ages of 14 and 20) in Salem County, New Jersey. Section I provides an introduction with information on project goals, the significance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Development
Dmitriev, Valentine – Down's Syndrome: Papers and Abstracts for Professionals, 1988
A program at the Model Preschool Center for Handicapped Children at the University of Washington's College of Education enrolled 11 children with Down syndrome, 18-36 months of age. The program sought to accelerate and maintain the motor and cognitive skills of the children; to encourage parent involvement; to provide training to students,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Smith, Marshall S. – 1974
This paper focuses on a review of data collected from the second wave of a three wave longitudinal study (Head Start Planned Variations-HSPV) designed to assess the relative impacts of a variety of preschool curricula. Head Start children formerly in the HSPV program were tested when they entered selected Follow Through schools and throughout…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs
Featherstone, Helen J. – 1974
Data from the 1969-70 and 1970-71 Head Start Planned Variation (HSPV)Study were used to examine program-child interactions. An effort was made to determine whether different preschool programs have different cognitive effects on different types of children. Seven hypotheses for the analysis of the data were generated from the results of the HSPV…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Dawson, R. – 1980
Project D.A.R.E. (Development through Adventure, Responsibility and Education), an adventure-based outdoor program, uses a feedback/evaluation model, combining a learning component with a two-part participant observational model. The first phase focuses on evaluation of the child and progress made while he is in the program (stages one to four);…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives